Gaby Lagarda Goes Global–

1)  You embrace a variety of global musical styles like zouk with which our readers may not be familiar.  Please let us know more about your sources.

I like exploring different music genres, languages, and dance styles.  I try to add a little bit of a new style to each song while always keeping the Latin Pop consistency throughout my music in general.  It makes me feel like I’m traveling the world with music and discovering new cultures that can enrich my life.

Zouk was one of those genres and as soon as I was introduced to it, I immediately fell in love.  It’s a popular Caribbean genre with a very slow and sensual rhythm that is danced in couples.  I thought it was so compelling and different from any other Latin styles I’d listened to before like salsa and bachata.  I, therefore, decided to incorporate it in the first original song I released called “Sinner’s Zouk”.

2)  Which other musicians have influenced you the most?

3)  You have made videos in Joshua Tree and other picturesque areas in California.  What would be your dream location(s) for a music video shoot if you could travel anywhere in the country or world and why?

4)  What is your personal philosophy about the mission of world music?

5)  Is there anything else you would like to tell us?

I would like to encourage all of you to rediscover your curiosity, your passions, and your dreams and start taking baby steps to make them true.  I try to tell this to anyone who will listen because it is very satisfying and fulfilling to create something of our own, and not necessarily music or art.  It can be taking a new job, writing a poem, cooking a new recipe, going to a place you’ve never been to, mastering a new skill, or making a new friend.